The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-11-09

postpone I'LL shutdown forgiveness OF
enemies II you can realize that their be-
havior toward you may be put into the
catalogue Of the ''all things" that work
together for good to those that love
God" have had multitudes Of friends,
but ! have found in my own expert
ence that God SO arranged It that the
gre attest opportunities Of usefulness that
have been opened before me were opened
by enemies. And when, years ago, they
conspired against me- that opened all
Christendom to me as field In which to
preach the Gospel. 80 you may harness
your antagonists to your best interests
and compel them to draw you on to better
work and higher character. Suppose, in
stead OF waiting until six minutes past five
O'Clock this evening, when the sun will
set, you transact this glorious work Of
forgiveness before meridian.
Again: We ought not to let the sun go
down on our wrath, because we will sleep
better IL we are at peace with every body.
Insomnia is getting to be one Of the most
prevalent Of disorders. How few people
retire at ten o'clock ct night and sleep
through to six in the morning! To relieve
this disorder all narcotics, and sedatives,
and choral, and bromide of potassium,
and cocaine, and intoxicants are used,
but nothing is more important than Q
quiet spirit II we would win coincidence.
How is the man going to sleep when
ne is In mind pursuing an enemyl With
what nervous twitch he will start out
OF dream! That new plan for cornering
his foe will keep him wide awake while
the clock strikes eleven, twelve, one, two,
three, four. I give you an unfailing pre-
scription for wakefulness; spend the
evening hours rehearsing your wrongs and
the best way Of avenging them. Hold a
convention of friends on this subject in
your parlor or office at eight or nine
o'clock. Close the evening by writing
a bitter letter expressing your senti-
ments. Take from the desk or pigeon
hole the papers in the case to refresh
your mind with your evenings meanness.
Then lie down and wait for the coming of
the day, and it will come before sleep
comes, or your sleep will be worried
quiescence, and, II you take the precau-
ton to lie fiat on your back, o frightful
nightmare. Why not put bound to your
animosityi Why let your foes come into
the sanctities Of your. dormitoryi Why
let those slandcrers who have already torn
your reputation to pieces or injured your
business bend over your midnight pillow
and drive from you one Of the greatest
blessings that Almighty God can offer
sweet, refreshing, all-invigorating sleepa
Why not fence out your enemies by
the golden bars Of the sunset Why not
stand behind the barricade Of evening
cloud and say to them: "Thus far and no
further Nanv n man and many wo-
man is having the health Of body as well
AS the health of the soul eaten away by q
malevolent spirit. I have in time OF
religious awakening had persons, night
after night, como into tho inquiry-roo
and get no peace Of soul. After while !
have bluntly asked: SIS there not some
one against whom you have hatred that
you are not willing to give upr After
little confusion she has slightly whisper.
ed, Eyes" Then said to her: "YOu will
never find peace with God as long Is you
retain that virulence."
A boy in Sparta, having stole fox, kept
him under his coat, md though the fox
was gnawing his vitals, he submitted to il
rather than expose his misdeed. Many a
| man with o smiling face has under his
jacket an animosity that is gnawing away
the strength of his body and the integrity
of his soul. Better get rid Of that hidden
| fox as soon as possible. There are hun.
| dreds Of domestic circles where that
which most is needed is the spirit OF
forgiveness. Brothers apart, sisters apart
and parents and children apart. Solo
mon says a brother offended is harder to
| be won than strong city. Are there moi
enough sacred memories Of your childhood
to bring you together, The rabbins re-
count how that ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS son had
such spite against his father that after
he was dead he had his father burned tt
ashes, and then put the ashes into -four
sacks and tied them to four eagles necks
which few away in opposite directions
And there are now domestic antipa
thies that seem forever to have scat
tered all paternal memories to the -four
winds Of Heaven. How far the eagles
| fly with the sacred ashes The hour Of
shutdown makes to that family no practi
cal suggestion. Thomas Carlyle in his bi
ography of Frederick the Great says tn,
old King was told by the confessor h
must be at peace with his enemies il HI
wanted to enter Heaven. Then he said Il
his wife, the Queen: write to your broth
err after am dead that forgive him.
Ruloff, the confessor, said: "Her Majest,
had better write him Immediately" "No,'
said the King, latter am dead; that will
be safer" So he let the sun Of his earthl,
existence go down upon his wrath.
Again, we ought not to allow the sun sc
before forgiveness takes place, because W
might not live to see another day. An
what if we should be ushered into tn
presence OF our Maker with a grudge upo
our soul, The majority Of the people dc
part this life in the night. Between eleve
p. m. and three a. m. there is something i
the atmosphere which relaxes the gri
which the body has on the soul, and mos
people enter the next world through tn
shadows of this world. Perhaps God ma
have arranged it in that way SO as
make the contrast the more I'll,
rious. have seen sunshiny days
this world that must have been almo.
J like the radiance of Heaven. But, 9
} most people leave the earth between SUI
down and sunrise, they quit this world {
its darkest, and Heaven, always brigh
will be the brighter for that contras
, Out of blackness into irradiation. Sha
, we, then, leap over the roseate ban
Of sunset into the favorite hunting
| ground of disease and death, carryin
. our animosities with usl Who won